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  1. justbsharp

    Installing Tiger on 2003 emac (4,4, 800mhz, CD Drive)

    Been lurking for a while now just to cover my bases and not post an identical thread. I recently got my hands on a 2003 eMac, 4,4 800mhz. It's unfortunately got the CD drive and not the DVD drive, but the thing was $30 so 🤷‍♂️ I purchased some ram and a Mighty Mouse *cough* the best mouse...
  2. Dt990

    Mac OS X 10.2.3 for FW800 MDD PowerMac G4?

    Hey all, trying to track down some way to get 10.2.x bootable on my MDD FW800, I found on Archive.org, " 691 4309 A,Power Mac G4. Software Install and Restore. Mac OS v10.2.3 Disc v1.1 2003 (DVD) " but it's clearly from a Power Mac G4 MDD (not FW800) as it has on the DVD OS 9 installation files...
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    how to install 64 bit windows on old macbook?

    macbook 2,1 (mid-2007) 4GB ram snow leopard windows 7 64_bit (i hope to install) according to apple, the mac only takes 32 bit officially. i hear there are unofficial ways to go 64? i don't want to delete snow leopard, though. i'm in the same boat as this poster here, and the answer says to...
  4. T

    Cannot create a bootable usb drive

    All the tutorials I have read online like https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372 say that you should have an Install path. This doesn't seem to exist anymore with the latest os versions. What is the new way to create install media? Thanks
  5. Peter Gagiano

    Creating Mac IOS Sierra install on flash

    I am in the process of creating an Install flash for macOS Sierra as a precautionary measure. After the download it was added to my launcher. A dialog popped up saying "To setup the installation of macOS Sierra, Click Continue" I just want to create a bootable flash drive with the install set...
  6. K

    OSX 10.3 or 10.4 CD-ROM

    Hi folks. I got myself a Powermac G4 "digital audio" (466 MHz, 768MB RAM, ATI RAGE128) off Freecycle, as well as a nice 20" acrylic ADC Cinema Display. The thing is, the hard drive has been erased on the Mac - and it's only got a CD drive. I believe there are some boxed versions of OSX 10.3 and...
  7. H

    MBP late '11 (15"), Lion upgrade to Sierra, boot issue

    Hi All, My MBP late 2011 (15") had only been upgraded to OS X Lion (10.7.5 I believe) and I've just attempted to boot from a Sierra install disk. When the install happened it took a while but all went smoothly in the end. However, after the install I'm struggling to get past the bootup...
  8. K

    Finding original install disc images?

    Hi folks, I'm wondering if anyone can help: I'm about to sell my 2010 Mac Pro 5,1 2.66 12-core, but can't find the original discs! :( Waaaah! I've owned 8 Macs and have never, ever misplaced the originals. They're always in 1 particular box, but theses ones aren't there (yet I saw them there...